An Open Letter from Florida Religious Leaders

One of the many ballot measures Florida voters will encounter on November 6 is a proposal that would amend the state constitution for the sole purpose of limiting a woman's healthcare options. To defeat this unnecessary and dangerous amendment, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice has partnered with Catholics for Choice, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, Inc., and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to create Faith Voices Against Amendment 6. We believe that the decision to end a pregnancy is best left to a woman, in consultation with her doctor, her family, and her faith.

Please join us!

If you are a religious leader in Florida, defined as clergy, professors, heads of religious organizations, or others with prominent standing in your religious community, please sign the letter below and encourage your religious leader colleagues to do the same!

Please visit http://votenoon6.com/ for more information about the overall campaign. We can only defeat Amendment 6 by working together.

An Open Letter from Florida Religious Leaders to Florida Voters

Every Woman Deserves Compassion, Support, and Respect: Vote NO on Amendment 6

Dear Voters,

We, the undersigned religious leaders from all across the state of Florida, urge you to vote NO on Amendment 6 this coming Election Day. Amendment 6 is an unnecessary and dangerous proposal that interferes with a woman’s ability to make important decisions about her own health. We believe that the decision to end a pregnancy is best left to a woman in consultation with her doctor, her family, and through discernment of her own faith tradition and practices.

Sadly, sometimes a pregnancy can go tragically wrong. Some pregnancies result in serious fetal abnormalities, while others may place a woman’s health or future fertility in danger. When this happens, a woman and her family deserve all the medically available options. Our religious values call us to offer compassion, support, and respect to a woman and her family in these trying times.

In the circumstances when a woman and her doctor make the decision to end a pregnancy, it is critically important that she have access to care that is safe and legal. Much to the contrary, Amendment 6 does not even include an exception to protect a woman’s health, which means that even a woman with cancer could be prevented from getting the healthcare she needs! By limiting or eliminating options, Amendment 6 represents a dangerous intrusion into the lives of women and families in Florida.

As religious leaders from diverse traditions across the state, we urge you to oppose this unnecessary and demeaning proposal. Our wives, sisters, mothers, daughters and friends deserve our compassion, support, and respect—not judgment and political interference.

Please vote NO on Amendment 6.

In faith,

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Rabbi Ralph Kingsley	Aventura
Rabbi Dan Levin	Boca Raton
Cantor Ellen Stettner	Boca Raton
Rev. William Brockman	Boca Raton
Rev. Bonnie Devlin	Bradenton
Cantor Alan Cohn	Bradenton
Rev. John Lowe	Bradenton
Rabbi Harold Caminker	Brandeton
Rabbi Betsy Torop	Brandon
Rev. Thomas Brenner	Cape Coral
Rev. Mary Louise Dewolfe	Citrus Springs
Rev. Leddy Hammock	Clearwater
Rev. Abhi Janamanchi	Clearwater
Rev. Thomas Gibson	Cocoa Village
Rabbi Bennett Greenspon	Cooper City
Rabbi Edwin Goldberg	Coral Gables
Rev. Laurinda Hafner	Coral Gables
Rev. Elizabeth Bostrom	Coral Gables
Pastor Michael McMillan	Dunedin
Rev. Dr. Robert Griffin	Fort Lauderdale
Rabbi David Spey	Fort Lauderdale
Rabbi Lewis Littman	Fort Lauderdale
Rev. Roger Grugel	Fort Myers
Rev. Emily Morse Palmer	Fort Myers
Rev. Elena Rigg	Fort Myers
Rev. Dr. Wayne Robinson	Fort Myers
Rev. Allison Farnum	Fort Myers
Rev. Meredith Garmon	Gainesville
Rev. Dr. Jim Merritt	Gainesville
Rabbi Michael Joseph	Gainesville
Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner	Gainseville
Rev. James Rapp	Indian Rocks Beach
Rev. Ronald Jackson	Jacksonville
Rev. Ronald Hersom	Jacksonville
Rev. Jack Ford	Jacksonville
Rabbi Jesse Olitzky	Jacksonville
Hazzan Jesse Holzer	Jacksonville
Cantor Tanya Greenblatt	Jupiter
Rev. Randy Becker	Key West
Rev. Susanne Nazian	Lakeland
Rev. William Kemp	Lakewood Ranch
Rev. Elder. Nancy Wilson	Lakewood Ranch
Rev. Gaye Bosley Mitchell	Largo
Rabbi David Kay	Maitland
Rabbi Paul Plotkin	Margate
Rabbi Jim Simon	Miami
Rev. Wendy Pantoja	Miami
Rabbi Moshe Thomas Heyn	Miami
The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade	Miami
Rabbi Rachel Greengrass	Miami
Rabbi Gary Glickstein	Miami Beach
Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz	Miami Beach
Rev. Glenn Bosley-Mitchell	Miami Beach
Anonymous	Naples
Rev. Dr. Ron Patterson	Naples
Seminarian Jennifer Dant	Naples
Rev. Evelyn Plumb	Naples
Rev. Dr. Linnea Pearson	North Miami
Rev. Carole Yorke	North Palm Beach
Rev. Brad Lutz	Oakland Park
Anonymous	Ocala
Cantor Jacqueline Rawiszer	Orlando
Rev. Kent Siladi	Orlando
Rabbi Steven Engel	Orlando
Rev. Kenn Hurto	Orlando
Rev. Dr. Marni Harmony	Orlando
Rev. Terri Steed	Orlando
Rev. Janet Newman	Orlando
Rev. Linn Possell	Orlando
Rev. Kathy Schmitz	Orlando
Rabbi Ari Shapiro	Osprey
Rabbi Fred Natkin	Palm Bay
Cantor Joy Katzen-Guthrie	Palm Harbor
Rabbi Bradd Boxman	Parkland
Rabbi Larry Mahrer	Parrish
Rabbi William Schwartz	Pensacola
Rev. Julie Kain	Pensacola
Rev. Amy Kindred	Port Charlotte
Rev. Jeanette Campbell	Port Orange
Rabbi Jennifer Singer	Sarasota
Rabbi Richard Klein	Sarasota
Rev. Tricia Dillon Thomas	Sarasota
Rev. Ronald Miller	Sarasota
Rev. Dr. Paul Binder	Sarasota
Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson	Sarasota
Rev. Roger Fritts	Sarasota
Rev. Brock Leach	Sarasota
Rev. Ruth Jensen-Forbell	St. Augustine
Rev. Kathleen Korb	St. Petersburg
Rev. Susan Sherwood	St. Petersburg
Rev. Bonnie Lipton	St. Petersburg
Rev. Candace Shultis	St. Petersburg
Chaplain Marvin Douglas Kraft	St. Petersburg
Rabbi Michael Torop	St. Petersburg
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser	Stuart
Rabbi Johnathan Kendall	Stuart
Rev. Janet Onnie	Summerfield
Rabbi Stanley Garfein	Tallahassee
Rev. Diane Fisher	Tallahassee
Rev. Robin Gray	Tallahassee
Rabbi Noah Kitty	Tamarac
Rabbi Joel Simon	Tampa
Rabbi Hillary Rosenberg	Tampa
Rev. Phyllis Hunt	Tampa
Rev. Dr. Sara Zimmerman	Tampa
Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson	Tampa
Rabbi Jason Rosenberg	Tampa
Rev. Russell Meyer	Tampa
Rev. Ann Monroe	The Villages
Rev. Eileen Norrington	Titusville
Rev. Scott Alexander	Vero Beach
Rabbi Stephen Pinsky	Wellington
Rabbi Marci Bloch	West Bloomfield
Anonymous	Winter Park
Rev. James Armstrong	Winter Park